Reconstruct(ing) a Hidden History: Black Deaf Canadian Relat(ing) Identity

Jenelle Rouse (), Amelia Palmer and Amy Parsons
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Jenelle Rouse: Faculty of Education, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
Amelia Palmer: Center for Black Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002, USA
Amy Parsons: Gallaudet Interpreting Service, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002, USA

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Black Deaf Canadians are under-represented in every facet of life. Black Deaf Canadian excellence, history, culture, and language are under-documented and under-reported. Where are we in history? Where are we now? Why are we not being documented? Black Deaf Canada was established to address these long-standing issues and went on to create an independent research team that led a project called “Black Deaf History in Canada”. This article provides an early account of how the community-based research team conducted a relationship-building practice prior to and during a three-week research trip. Black Deaf Canadians’ relat(ing) experience in history has inspired us to fight for inclusivity.

Keywords: Black Deaf Canadian; identity; relationship-building; sign language; reworlding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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